Judge Ignores Daughter & Father; Appoints Outside Conservator
Susan Evans goes to court to become guardian and conservator for her father, James Belew. Even though Susan has a fully executed power of attorney for her father, the court ignores it. As it turns out, after dementia set-in on James, the step-mother got a power of attorney signed. So, instead of appointing either Susan or the step-mother to be the conservator, the judge first appoints a “temporary” conservator and a guardian-ad-litem until a full hearing can be held. The father tells the guardian-ad-litem he has chosen his daughter and wishes for her to be the conservator, but the court…
